Fixed that as well, thanks.

@WrCombs said in Why IT Internships Often Fail:

@scottalanmiller Although thats true, I think that internships should have a set person to mentor them (in some respects) and set aside a few hours a week or day, and work with interns and in the off time the interns would be better off reading, and doing "homework"

Homework assigned.

There are great alternative schools out there, SUNY Empire is my favourite. Great education, very non-traditional. But it isn't an end run around the college education, either. It's a real college, harder than a normal one, rather than easier. But still completely alternative so you have a lot of flexibility. I don't want to make all colleges sound bad, shop around and there are great options. I am just warning against a certain category of colleges that are very risky.

@IRJ said in Take it or Fight It?:

Start looking for a new job immediately. You are 5 months pregnant not 8.5 months. So I wouldn't say that employers wouldn't hire you. I am sure you will probably get discriminated against since you are pregnant, but I don't believe that is going to be the case with every employer. Some may actually feel for your situation (certainly women and probably some men).

And it is illegal for the potential employer to even record that information or pass it along.

Here is a link to a demo of my most recent resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9uxfC380LxKbEl4YU5jenVpWEk/view?usp=sharing

A lot of people here helped me rework it several times until settling on it's current format.

@FiyaFly Using the US government statistics (the value of university is extremely nationality dependent, if you are in the UK the importance of university is dramatically higher, but so are their education standards and their high school standards) we did this study just a few months ago. College lost by more than we were expecting.

https://mangolassi.it/topic/9601/just-how-hard-is-university-to-overcome

A Network+ could make sense.

Congratulations and good luck on the new position.

Never used EPA scan, I'm afraid.

@scottalanmiller said in Legitimate University Programs Are Not Certification Training:

@FiyaFly said in Legitimate University Programs Are Not Certification Training:

@Dashrender said in Legitimate University Programs Are Not Certification Training:

You don't think learning programming in college is possible/worthwhile?

Possible? Very. I got my start with Python from a college course. Worthwhile? Not so much. The amount of debt you accrue due to these courses is just not worth it to me. Yes, I got my start with Python from college. VB.NET? Javascript? C#? All of those, I developed on my own time. Free. When you're talking what you learn from the course compared to the price, I see no justification in it, and especially if you're talking about getting a degree.

You shoudl be able to learn an entire college course in 2-3 days on your own for free, or for the cost of a book.

A whole 2-3 days? You must be feeling generous today. I tried taking a single course about 10 years ago which finally polished off whatever trust I had ever had in "the system".

@stess Think about how you learned in school. What worked for you and what didn't? Most people are these types of learners:

Auditory - verbal analogies, storytelling, webinars

Visual - pictures, notes, diagrams, mind maps

Kinesthetic - doing what you are attempting to learn

I found it really helpful to know what type of learner I am. When I really need to absorb all of the information of something I'll record myself reading it aloud and play it back to myself, put it into a test environment if possible and also look at diagrams. I think mixing all of them together, provided it's organized, can be really useful even if you favor a specific type of learning.

@Carnival-Boy said in Peter Principle - Where internal promotions occur even if the promotee is unqualified:

@DustinB3403 said in Peter Principle - Where internal promotions occur even if the promotee is unqualified:

The Dilbert principle is probably the correct one, the Peter principle was the only thing I could think of.

In either case a person who is incapable of performing a task is promoted (and with it any professionalism they had goes with em)

I'd say it might be neither. This person may be great at his job but is just an asshole (or twat, as we say in England). I've worked with a few brilliant salesmen who I want to kill. They're awful in every way apart from their ability to pusuade customers to depart with large amounts of cash. These people are rare though.

Of course, your guy is probably useless at his job, but it's not a given from what you've written. The only given is that he/she's a twat.

Good point, might be a valuable employee.

@JaredBusch said in So the hunt begins...:

@leahcrowell22 said in So the hunt begins...:

Looks like it's time for the job hunt to begin, I'm unable to grow with my current company and just feel like it's time, I'm at an impasse though, I'm supposed to attend the TCEA conference in February (It's already paid for) it's a beneficial conference that I think would be an awesome opportunity to attend. What would your advice be?

Honestly, a job hunt at this time of year could easily take until February, so start looking and plan on attending.

I'm with Jared, Job hunts typically take a long time, especially if you are looking for something better rather than looking to take "anything." So start hunting, see what is out there and start practicing your interview skills. If you find the "right" job before then, just schedule to start in March. Jobs rarely require you to start immediately. Once they have their right candidate, waiting is rarely a big deal. They have to plan many months for looking for someone so they have to be flexible already.

@Dashrender because more teachers are learning new things and constantly are changing the way they are teaching, the state makes changes, the materials change. They could change them for any reason. Example, my best friend is a technology teacher, this is her first year, and she's already started making her lesson plans for next year, to make the class more interesting for her students. Different projects, more hands on, the sky is the limit! Well the state's limit...lol

@fuznutz04 said in Comparing the Roles of Engineer and Administrator:

Good write up. I've seen this exact situation where a company will offer to change your title in lieu of a promotion. So wrong.

That is sadly way too common. To the point where certain titles make me just plain wary. Anyone with "directory" in their title I immediately assume was the most junior guy that was willing to work harder without more money for the best title he could think of.

Had a spare laptop laying around. Installing CentOS now. Also planning on installing NextCloud here soon as well. Creating a repository/shared calendar for the family with this machine.

Thank you, just bought it. Will give feedback once I get into it.

@RamblingBiped said in DevOps! What are the requirements for it and what background, in computers, you need to have?:

Things that will help you get into a DevOps role:

--> Know your way around Linux/Unix; work toward an RHCSA/RHCSE knowledge level.
--> Know how to script and automate tasks (BASH, Perl, Python, Ruby)
--> Grow a beard, drink copious amounts of expensive coffee, wear flannel, and drink/appreciate craft beer.
--> Learn the basics of Chef, Ansible, Salt, and/or Puppet
--> Understand containers and when/where/how to use them
--> Understand the basics of distributed software design and deployment
--> Design and program some software
--> Learn version control systems (git, subversion, mercurial, etc...)
--> Learn about continuous deployment and integration
--> Adopt a unicorn as your spirit animal
--> Read this: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Cloud-System-Administration-Distributed/dp/032194318X

Unicorns adopt you!

@Joy said in This Is Who Is Teaching College:

After i finished my BS, I'd like to become an IT Educator .

Often you need at least an MS for that, at least in the US.

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